Planet Mundus

Plummeting oil prices and the violence of Boko Haram are just two of the enormous problems facing Nigeria shortly before incumbent president Jonathan Goodluck (pictured) is up for re-election. Planet Mundus is visited by Idris Akinbajo, a prize winning investigative reporter and former young person of the year in Nigeria. He is very worried that the election won't stay peaceful. Hear why in this podcast, that also features an interview with prominent Nigerian musician Pasuma Wonder. He is part of an effort to get out the vote among the young people who account for the majority of the population.

A month ago, Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced a historic deal to amongst other establish diplomatic relations. We look at what the Cuban population expects from the change, and what has happened so far. This Planet Mundus Short features Cuban journalist José Cárdenas and Danish Ph.D. Student and Cuba expert Sjamme van de Voort.

In this show we at Planet Mundus tackle the phenomenon IS in a couple of ways. We go to the Danish mosque that allegedly is responsible for radicalizing a lot of the Danes who've gone to fight jihad. We talk to a journalist who's fled the civil war in Syria and now fights a battle of information from Denmark. And the always hilarious Jan Willems apparently managed to secure an exclusive one-on-one with one of the main beheaders of IS.